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Castle Rock (AVP-35) being christened by Mrs. R. W. Cooper during launching ceremonies on 11 March 1944 at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.US National Archives photo # 19-N-62886, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives

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Castle Rock (AVP-35) being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 11 March 1944.US National Archives photo # 19-N-62884, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives

US Naval Historical Center

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USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) photographed off Houghton, WA., 6 October 1944. Note her Measure 32 Design 2ax camouflage.US National Archives photo # 19-N-74574, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives

US Naval Historical Center

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USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) photographed off Houghton, WA., 6 October 1944. Note her Measure 32 Design 2ax camouflage.US National Archives photo # 19-N-74575, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives

LT. Robert S. Selby, USN, USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) shoots the sun with a sextant, while standing in one of the ship's 40mm gun tubs in April 1945. The ship is in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, with several PBM Mariner seaplanes moored in the distance. Photographed by ENS. Thomas Binford, USNR. Note 40mm gun barrels overhead, and ready-service ammunition racks around the gun tub perimeter, some empty and some containing four-round clips of 40mm ammunition. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-16187, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives